ColorID’s David Stallsmith highlights an oft-forgotten process in the university space: physical identity access management. ColorID has delivered HID SAFE to a number of universities in recent times, reflecting a demand for identity management offerings in a vertical short on options.

Colorado School of Mines has a strong relationship with card system vendor, Touchnet, with the pair collaborating to deliver a fully featured card transaction system for Mines students. To shed some light on the card system in place at Colorado School of Mines, Bob Mask, Director of Campus Card Services, delves into some of the details.

In a new video series with The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU), the topic of card transaction system data analytics will be examined from all angles. A major talking point for university administrators, card system data carries a plethora of opportunity as it pertains to campus services and the student experience on campus. In the first installment of the series, hear from the University of Houston’s Emily Messa as she discusses how best to work with card transaction system data on campus.

Transact VP of New market Development, Jeff Staples talks about the Transact Mobile Credential and how campuses can begin to prepare for a deployment on their campus. Then hear from Transact Sr. Directory of Product Strategy, Kent Pawlak, as he explains a bit of what’s happening behind the scenes that makes Mobile Credential work so seamlessly.

Wavelynx’s Jacob Jablonski talks about the LEAF protocol and how universities can use the open architecture approach to forge a vendor agnostic campus card system. Also hear how the University of Georgia worked with Wavelynx to own its own keys. A newcomer to the campus card space, Wavelynx Technologies is championing a different approach to structuring a university card transaction system by promoting an open infrastructure with the freedom to mix and match solutions.

Assa Abloy’s Jim Primovic discusses the notable access control trends in higher education and then gives a detailed rundown of the company’s suite of Wi-Fi, wired and Aperio locksets. Primovic highlights some of the significant trends to sweep the college and university space, weighs in on the wired vs. wireless lock discussion, and provides a hands-on look at some of the locksets on offer from Assa Abloy.

Together with card system vendor, Touchnet, the University of Houston has created an advanced card transaction environment for its students and campus community. In the video hear from both Deborah Davis, Director of the Cougar Card Office, and Esmeralda Valdez, Executive Director of University Services at Houston as they discuss in detail the university’s campus card environment.

HID Global’s Nils Wahlander gives a detailed rundown of the company’s card issuance solutions. Hear first about HID Fargo Connect, the company’s web-based card personalization solution, and then see a demo of the Fargo HDP6600, the latest retransfer printer.

HID Global’s Director of Business Development, Education Solutions, Brett St. Pierre provides a rundown of the company’s solution suite for the higher education vertical. In addition to newer solutions in the mobile identity and biometrics arenas, St. Pierre also discusses the company’s continuing focus on card technologies, and cites some of HID’s recent acquisitions and other investments around the card technology sector.

Read Winkelman, Vice President of Sales at CBORD, discusses the company’s suite of solutions and how they contribute to CBORD’s Connected Campus concept and the company’s efforts around being more open, mobile and connected. Hear how CBORD has opened its APIs to more applications, established new partnerships with POS providers, and moved more of the company’s offerings to the cloud.